I said earlier that I would mention the concerts I missed or artists I love but have never seen in concert. I was thinking about it and only one stands out - Gram Parsons.
I wish, wish, wish Gram had lived so he could have continued to write and grow as an artist, instead of being cut down so soon after he started. He had such an ear for music, for words, for painting pictures of his soul in song. I feel that his work with the Byrds and the Flying Buritto Brothers was like kindergarten. He was just feeling his way around the playground, and it wasn't until he started singing on his own that he started to really mature.
He was a great artist, a huge compliment to Emmylou Harris and got her started on her road to stardom (I'm not saying that she would not have made it on her own, but her work with Gram was just unbelievable and must have given her a huge boost). Not that he was perfect by ANY means. But he had such potential that we never got to see because he died so young. It breaks my heart when I listen to him now because his music is 30 years old and so rich and beautiful. It really makes me wonder what kind of artist and what kind of man he could have become if he had been given those lost 30 years, and another 30 still to come?
Anyway, with tears in my eyes, I say that Gram Parsons is the one artist in the world that I would have loved to have seen in concert, and if wishes came true I would be able to buy a ticket today.
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